article thumbnail

SDG&E to Test Mobile Smart Charging Device for Plug-ins

Green Car Congress

San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) will test and evaluate a mobile smart charging device for plug-in electric vehicles developed by Juice Technologies LLC. SDG&E and Juice Technologies presented a prototype of the Juice Technologies Plug Smart intelligent charging device at the Plug-In 2009 Conference in Long Beach, CA.

Plug-in 199
article thumbnail

Pedego Moto puts the ‘fun’ in functional transportation

Baua Electric

With their excellent brick-and-mortar stores, many, if not most, Americans’ first e-bike experience is renting or trying an e-bike at a Pedego store. And because Pedego stores and e-bikes are top-notch, those experiences are almost entirely good first impressions. It is $3995.

article thumbnail

800-Volt EV Charging: The ?Other Palliative for Range Anxiety ???

Cars That Think

That lets the Hyundai and Kia slurp electrons at up to a 270-kilowatt rate, when plugged into a 350-kW DC charger. Hyundai For an Ioniq5 on these Frankenstein plugs, a 5-minute charging stop can add 109 kilometers (68 miles)—not on par with a gasoline fill-up, but eye-blink fast compared with EVs of just a few years ago.

Volt 107
article thumbnail

The trials of public charging, part 2 (of many to come)

Plugs and Cars

But one shouldn't have to know Bob to plug in your new car. I'd hoped the City would find a way to open up the opportunity for the people beginning to obtain plug-in cars to more freely use these rare, public charge stations. Publicly plugging in is an act of coming out, of civic responsibility.

article thumbnail

How To Survive the Winter Driving an EV

Clean Fleet Report

You may also want to stock up on jumper cables and a mobile phone charger that plugs into the cigarette lighter outlet in your vehicle. It’s also possible to take advantage of public charging stations or charging programs offered by certain retail stores. Trip planning is more important in an EV.

Kits 80
article thumbnail

AI Plays Key Role in EV Charger Deployment and More

Blink Charging

Michigan state officials have said the software has already recommended that eight new chargers be installed at several Kroger grocery store locations. The AI software bases its recommendations on current EV adoption in those areas, EV demand and expected charger utilization.

article thumbnail

The Importance of Managed EV Charging

EV Match

Vehicle to X (V2X), where X can be load (L), home (H), another vehicle (V), or the grid (G), is an emerging technology that can distribute stored energy to the device in need. Since EVs have an immense amount of stored electricity, with V2X, they can re-direct that power back to other things.